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Date:         Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:55:58 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain.
Comments: To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@turbovans.com>
In-Reply-To:  <0add01cc4817$a9699b60$6401a8c0@PROSPERITY>
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Nice one Scott! ;)

On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 7:32 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote:

> too big to fit ? > we're talking on the end of a say ...5 foot small hose. > there is no 'fit' issue. > > outboard boat engine fuel hoses have a squeeze bulb with one way valve .. > that also would be useful to start a siphon. > > here's what I have .. > a handy little two wheel dolly from HF .. > there's a medium size old 12 volt car battery on it .. > there's an old vanagon fuel pump on it. > You stick the small hose into what you want to suck out. > you clip the big clip onto the battery terminal. > she's a suckin' ! > very hand to roll up to anything you want to suck fluid out of. > auto trans.. > engine dipstick tube.. > power steering , etc. > the effluent goes into a large bottle right on the rig .. > when it's full, I empty it into the waste oil. > Cost zip to make, other than the cart/dolly it's on. > > Scott > www.turbovans.com > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Felder" <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> > To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> > Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 6:32 PM > Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain. > > > It's too big to fit into any available access to the sump, but my >> brother/listmember Alan gave me a siphon with a valve in the end that >> allow >> you to jiggle the hose to pump liquid over the hump in the siphon. Works >> like a charm. >> >> Jim >> >> On Thu, Jul 21, 2011 at 2:25 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans < >> scottdaniel@turbovans.com> wrote: >> >> I just use one of those crankhandle type syphon starter thingey's. >>> works great. >>> no mouth action needed. >>> btdt. >>> >>> >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@Q.COM> >>> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> >>> Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 11:01 AM >>> Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain. >>> >>> >>> Get a piece of tubing about five feet long. Suck by mouth (slowly) till >>> >>>> the >>>> oil well out of the engine, but not yet close to your mouth, crimp the >>>> tubing ss it doesn't run back into the engine, lower the mouth end till >>>> below the engine, and release the crimp so the oil will drain into a >>>> convenient container. >>>> >>>> Velocity is not needed, but having the open end below the oil level will >>>> start the siphon. >>>> >>>> Karl Wolz >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> |-----Original Message----- >>>> |From: Vanagon Mailing List >>>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.**com<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> >>>> ] >>>> |On Behalf Of Dave Mcneely >>>> |Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2011 7:24 AM >>>> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>> |Subject: Re: Strategy for low-mess oil drain. >>>> | >>>> |---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote: >>>> |> Siphons are one of my favorite ways to move fluids because I >>>> |like any >>>> |> method that requires no fancy gear and no power. Has anyone tried >>>> |> siphoning engine oil outta that dipstick hole? >>>> | >>>> |"No fancy gear"? I'd definitely use some sort of pump, >>>> |something like a pipette pump writ large, or one of those >>>> |pumps aquarists use to clean fish tanks (can get rubber bulb >>>> |versions). Ah, in the volumes we are talking about --- Tada! >>>> |Turkey baster. The times I've tried to initiate a siphon by >>>> |mouth, I've often ended up with a mouth full of whatever. >>>> |Aquarium water, not so bad. Oil, that would be real bad. >>>> | >>>> |mcneely >>>> |> >>>> |> -- RJS >>>> |> >>>> |> On Wed, 2011-07-20 at 21:09 -0700, Karl Wolz wrote: >>>> |> >>>> |> > Can you go to Home Depot and get a length of 1/8" (or >>>> |whatever fits) >>>> |> > tubing, shove it down the dipstick hole, and siphon out a >>>> |pint or so? >>>> |> > >>>> |> > Karl Wolz >>>> |> > >>>> |> > >>>> |> > >>>> |> > |-----Original Message----- >>>> |> > |From: Vanagon Mailing List >>>> [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.**com<vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com> >>>> ] >>>> |> > |On Behalf Of Rocket J Squirrel >>>> |> > |Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 8:31 PM >>>> |> > |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM >>>> |> > |Subject: Strategy for low-mess oil drain. >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |(Number 287 In A Continuing Series Of Knucklehead Questions) >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |I used to change the oil in my aircooled every 1,500 miles. I got >>>> |> > |so I didn't make much of a mess. Unscrewed the drain plug, let it >>>> |> > |drop onto the screen on the used oil catcher, and sat back until >>>> |> > |the drool of oil tapered off to drips. >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |So after hearing that my oil is likely to run cooler if the oil >>>> |> > |level is between the halfway mark and the "fill" mark on the >>>> |> > |dipstick (mine's halfway between the halfway mark and the "full" >>>> |> > |mark) I'd like to drain a bit of the oil. >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |But my former strategy won't work here: I have to cram that plug >>>> |> > |back in after dropping only a pint or so. >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |Do I have to bite the bullet and just reach into the stream and >>>> |> > |hope to get the plug started before too darn much oil has sluiced >>>> |> > |down my sleeve, or is there a smarter way? >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |Wait, wait -- I can just drain all the oil and then >>>> |re-fill the thing. >>>> |> > |Duh. >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > | >>>> |> > |-- >>>> |> > |Rocky J Squirrel (Jack Elliott) >>>> |> > |'84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana") >>>> |> > |'74 Westrailia: (Ladybug Trailer company, San Juan Capistrano, >>>> |> > |Calif.) Bend, OR KG6RCR >>>> |> > |----- >>>> |> > |No virus found in this message. >>>> |> > |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> |> > |Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3777 - Release Date: >>>> |> > |07/20/11 >>>> |> > >>>> | >>>> |-- >>>> |David McNeely >>>> |----- >>>> |No virus found in this message. >>>> |Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> |Version: 10.0.1390 / Virus Database: 1518/3778 - Release Date: >>>> |07/21/11 >>>> >>>> >>>

-- Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van' 1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

Crescent Beach, BC

www.thebassspa.com www.crescentbeachguitar.com http://subyjake.googlepages.com/mydixiedarlin%27


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